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Draft:Piratas Unidos Argentinos

  • Comment: Refs 2, 3 and 5 all seem to cite the same source, and 4 looks somewhat dubious, while 1 makes only a passing mention of the subject of this draft. For notability per WP:GNG / WP:ORG, we need to see significant coverage directly of the subject, in multiple secondary sources that are reliable and independent (of the subject and of each other). DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:58, 16 August 2024 (UTC)


Piratas Unidos Argentinos (United Argentine Pirates in English), also known by its Spanish initials PUA,[1][2] which as a word in Spanish means "spike," was a hacker group based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in 1986 and considered to have been the first hacker group in Latin America. The group was founded by the hackers then known as Doctor Trucho, Chacal and Nibbler, as documented in the book "Llaneros Solitarios. Hackers, la guerrilla informática"[3] written by Fernando Bonsembiante[4] and Raquel Roberti, edited by Jorge Lanata and published by Espasa-Calpe in 1995.[5]

Unlike more recent hacker groups, PUA's activities were not primarily criminal, but fundamentally of discovery, when most of the world's computer networks were not publicly or freely accessible. As Chacal (Jackal) stated in an interview given at the time: "The well-understood hacker is a kind of Robin Hood of information, who allows everyone to access information that otherwise remains hidden."[6]

In mid-1987, the members of PUA were the subject of an investigation carried out by an Argentine Federal Court in the City of Buenos Aires. In October of that year, journalist Enrique Monzón, on the country's largest newspaper, wrote an article about the Computer Pirates and in one of its paragraphs he presented Piratas Unidos Argentinos. The judicial investigation did not succeed in identifying those responsible for the allegedly criminal acts, partly because they lacked the appropriate jurisprudence and technology that would have allowed the authorities to identify them beyond any reasonable doubt. Moreover, at all times there were doubts as to whether PUA members had been solely responsible for all the acts attributed to them. The judicial investigation was eventually shelved and no one was charged.[7]

According to the aforementioned book, the organization ceased to operate as such in 1991.

Years later, the identities of some of the members of PUA were revealed, like that of Daniel Sentinelli as the person behind the handle of co-founder Chacal, who went on to become one of the hosts of the technology TV show Dominio Digital[8][9] and a frequent contributor on mainstream media about issues related to the Internet and technology in general.[10]

  1. ^ "The Loudmouth". Radio Ambulante. March 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "A leader of the hacker community in Argentina dies". El Mundo (Spain). July 9, 2015.
  3. ^ "Llaneros Solitarios. Hackers La Guerrilla Informática". Scribd (in Spanish).
  4. ^ "Hack Story: Fernando Bonsembiante". hackstory.net.
  5. ^ "Llaneros solitarios: hackers, la guerrilla informática". Goodreads.
  6. ^ Angeles, Saday (March 12, 2021). "Aproximación a los perfiles de personalidad de los sujetos que realizaron delitos informáticos" (in Spanish).
  7. ^ Santa Ana, Juan. "VR3: Hackers and the Justice System" (in Spanish).
  8. ^ "Who are the FBI's most wanted cybercriminals and how do they attack?". Clarín (Argentine newspaper). June 11, 2020.
  9. ^ "El Libro Negro del Hacker (Versión Digital)" (in Spanish).
  10. ^ "I want to delete myself from the Internet: a step by step guide on how to leave no trace and what cannot be deleted". Clarín (Argentine newspaper) (in Spanish). June 1, 2022.
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